It doesn’t fully stop it — we still end up with ocean acidification and an altered pole-to-equator temperature gradient, with significant impacts on rainfall patterns.
We can’t actually do that though, let alone keep it functional for the hundreds of thousands of years the earth will remain warmed by today’s CO2 emissions
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The algae farm thing is completely experimental, and not at all clear that it will work. Oceans contain a lot of scavengers, who would love to eat pretty much anything you release.
HOAs exist to keep people from making changes which would lower value before the developer cashes out. So they don’t have anything like that in their charters.
Gunfire From Deputies Killed Teen Who Had Been Reported Kidnapped, Video Shows (www.nytimes.com)
The Incredibly Risky Scheme that Bill Gates Keeps Pushing [geoengineering] (buttondown.email)
Sticks. And the People Who Love Them. (www.nytimes.com)
Bird Flu Is Picking its Way Across the Animal Kingdom—and Climate Change Could Be Making it Worse - Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
The Case Against ‘Good’ Coffee | Instant coffee tastes … just OK. And that’s fine by me. (www.nytimes.com)
How to make polluters pay | A new Vermont bill would create a “climate superfund.” (messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com)
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Burying plant waste removes CO2 from the air. But can it scale? (www.canarymedia.com)
Australia’s soil to become net carbon emitter and threat to climate goals, report says | Modelling points to ‘huge’ soil emissions in interior rangelands, which are more sensitive to a warming climate (www.theguardian.com)
CAISO proposes $6.1B transmission plan, mainly for offshore wind (www.utilitydive.com)
A 600-Year-Old Blueprint for Weathering Climate Change (www.theatlantic.com)
So Much Produce Comes in Plastic. Is There a Better Way? Climate-friendlier alternatives are in the works. Here are some that might be coming to a grocery store near you. (www.nytimes.com)
Fossil fuel subsidies cost Canadians a lot more money than the carbon tax (theconversation.com)
Large electrical heat pumps can be key to decarbonising Europe's industry (www.euractiv.com)
US aiming to ‘crack the code’ on deploying geothermal energy at scale (www.theguardian.com)
HOAs are blocking solar panels and native lawns. Here’s how to fight back. The law may be in your corner if you’re making environmental updates to to your home (wapo.st)
All Coloradans can receive a $450 discount on a qualified e-bike purchase from a participating retailer starting April 1, 2024 (energyoffice.colorado.gov)